Historically, scientists have had a hard time studying early brain development because of how difficult it is to obtain fetal-tissue samples or examine the fetus in utero. However, this may soon change as scientists have grown ‘mini brains’ in dishes that have …Continue reading
Israeli researchers transform human waste into household fuel
Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Israel have come up with a process of using hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) to convert human waste into hydrochar: a safe, reusable biomass fuel resembling charcoal. Their research was published in the Journal of Cleaner Production …Continue reading
Researchers Develop Battery-Free Cell Phone
The battery lives of mobile phones have become a regular feature and to a certain extent, a constraining factor on our lives. A regular on-the-go activity is calculating whether we have enough power to last us through the day- at work, at …Continue reading
Pakistani Researchers Develop a Calligraphy-Based Urdu Font for the Internet
Native speakers of the Urdu language instinctively know that the language is read from right to left but the numerical values mentioned within an Urdu sentence are read from left to right. To the untrained eye, however, the Urdu language has a …Continue reading
No Longer Lost for Words: How Researchers Rediscovered the Mother of All Mother Tongues
Researchers have developed a method that uses sound waves to rediscover the long-lost Proto-Indo-European language, from which most modern languages evolved. No matter whether you speak English or Urdu, Waloon or Waziri, Portuguese or Persian, the roots of your language are the …Continue reading